Calendar.



l. I. FISH-ER.

- CALENDAR.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 17, 1908. 1,05 1,495.. Patented Jan. 28, 1913.

ADVERTISING MATTER WITNES 4 .ZNi ENTR f7? {9 Allomey JOHN I. FISHER, 0FLOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

CALENDAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 28, 1913.

Application filed November 17, 1908. Serial No. 463,045.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jon I. France, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCalendars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wall calendars, and to that class known asperpetual, and has for its objects the economy of material and theprovision of advertising space not ordinarily available. No part of thecalendar is to be torn away as it is used but every part is usedrepeatedly, in perpetuity if de sired; and the necessary manner of usecauses the exposure each month and keeps in sight a new advertisingspace and the matter printed thereon.

The calendar, though perpetual is arranged mainly upon the principle ofan ordinary wall calendar having separate monthly leaves secured upon acard and is consequently very'eheap of construction, and further economyresults from my improvements in that only seven leaves are required forthe twelve months. In using these leaves they are not torn off ordestroyed but are turned back successivelv thereby expo-sing and keepingin view each for a month at a time seven independent advertising spaceswhich can be appropriated to a variety of different advertisements whichattract attention which could not be secured for a single constantlyappearing advertisement. The construction of the calendar is such that,in order that the calendar may show the next month as beginning on theproper day of the week, a leaf must be turned as above described.

In order to make the invention clearly understood I have shown in theaccompanying drawings means for carrying' the same into practicaleffect, without limiting my improvements, in their useful applications,to the particular construction in which, in this instance, the inventionis embodied.

In the said drawingsFigure 1 is a front view, slightly in perspective,of a wall calendar embodying my invention. Fig. 2 .is a verticalsectional view of the same.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a back or card of suitable material,such as pasteboard, having an upper space 3 and a lower space 2. Thespace 3 may be used for advertising matter or for a suitable key table.During such months as begin on Sunday (in the particular arrangementillustrated) the space 3 is exposed. The lower space 2 1S alwaysoccupied by one of more of the leaves 4. Theleaves 4 consist of foursheets stitched or otherwise bound together and to the card 1 along acentral horizontal line 5, thus producing seven different leaves for thedays of the months and an eighth leaf 6 for the key. These days of themonths are printed on the backs of the upper halves of the said foursheets and on the fronts of the lower halves of the sheets so as to beexposed when the leaves-are hanging on the lower half of the calendar.

The first leaf shows the month as beginning on Sunday, the second asbeginning on Saturday, and so on for the seven leaves, some one leafbeing thus adapted for any month in the year. On one or both margins ofeach leaf are printed the months of the year as indicated at 7, and inconnection with the name of each month is printed the number of daystherein as shown at S.

9 indicates suitable fastening devices on the upper part of the card 1,such as springs or clips of wire, by means of which the leaves at, orsome of them, may be sustained to expose the proper leaf below. Thesefastening means are such as are readily operable to insert or releasethe leaves.

10 is an indicating clip of spring wire or other material which claspsthe lower leaves to the lower part of the card 1 and also points out thecurrent month by being placed opposite one of the names 7 of the months.

-To this end the indicator 10 is slidable up and down along the edge ofthe card 1 and is removable, by preference, from one edge of the card tothe opposite edge. If the names of the twelve months are all printednear one margin the indicator 10 need not be bodily removable but onlyslidable from one name to another. But the arrangement shown ispreferred'for greater distinctness.

On the backs of all or most of the leaves, which backs are exposed atthe upper part of the calendar when the leaves are turned up and held bythe clips 9, is displayed advertising matter of any desired character inthe spaces 11. The successive exposure of all of these spaces iscompelled whenever the calendar is used,.by reason of its nature. Themonthly leaves are respectively numbered from one to seven. as indicatedat 12.

\Vhen the use of the calendar is begun, or when it is necessary tochange from one month to another, a suitable key-table which may beprinted on leaf 6 is consulted, which shows which of the seven leaves toexpose for the desired month of the current year. The key does this byindicating the proper one of the numbers at 12 printed at the heads ofthe leaves. The indicator 10 is then set at the current month andshowsat the same time the number of days in the month. All of themonthly leaves have thirty-one days, but this isicorercted by! theindicator 10 in case the current month has less than thirty-one days, byshowing the correct number of days.

-measure, on statistics or other general information for current use.

I have shown a compact and preferred form of the calendar. In place ofthe numbers of the leaves shown at 12 letters or other distinguishingcharacters may be employed. The names of the months may be printed onthe margin of the card 1, instead of on the leaves as shown.

These seven monthly calendars, in conjunction with the names of thetwelve months, for the purposes as set forth, may

be embodied in various forms and shapes upon any material or substancefrom which calendars may be made.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is '1. A perpetual wallcalendarconsisting of a back and sheets sewed thereto along a horizontalline, producing leaves which are adapted to be folded upward andbackward and also downward, the leaves having on their faces which areexposed when the leaves are folded downward seven diiferent sets ofnumbers showing the da s of the month, eachset beginning on a di erentday of the week, means for releasably holding the leaves which arefolded upward, the leaves also having on their faces marks denoting the,difi'erent months of the year, and an indicator adjustable along theedge of the calendar from one to another of the said marks,substantially as set forth.

2. In a calendar, a series of leaves having on each the days of theweek, the days of the month, and a plurality of month names; means forsupporting the leaves so that any one may beexposed; andan indicatoradjust-ably supported to distinguish diflerent said month names on theexposed leaf.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN I. F ISIIER. VVitness es:

FRANK BUERCK, THos. C. BARR.

